A Trip to the Moon

Title: A Trip to the Moon (Le voyage dans la lune)
Year: 1902
Director: Georges Melies
Lead: Uncredited
Rated: NR

The first sci-fi film ever. Frenchmen build a rocket and travel to the moon, where they encounter another race.

This film is awesome! Its the first sci-fi film, first film with real effects. They are horrible compared to what we have today, but theres something about this film that makes you want to watch it over and over again. Its historical, its a glimpse into what was cool back at the begining of film. This film is so influential that directors today still use some of the techniques that Melies used. The band "Smashing Pumpkins" copied this film in their music video for "Tonight Tonight". Virtually every scene in their music video is a scene from Melies masterpeice, at the end notice the name of the ship;) S.S. Melies. Thats the only credit they gave him, their music video went on to win 6 awards at the MTV awards including best video. Anyway, this film is awesome. Heres a link to watch it.